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Japan invades China
Within five months, more than one million Chinese people were in Japanese control. The major cities in China we captured by the end of 1937. The Japanese spread their troops out too far, forcing them to surrender in August 1945. By now the communists were taking over total control over China. Americans were providing the Chinese with supplies using the Burma Road. -
Munich Conference
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Edouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlin signed the Munich Pact. The British Prime Minister Chamberlain, went to Great Britain and declared the Munich Agreement meant peace for our time. This agreement allowed Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslavakia was not invited to the conference. Five months after the agreement was made, Hitler broked the agreement. Munich became a symbol that only hurts in the long term. -
Non Aggression Pact
This was between Germany and the Soviet Union. Both, Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Non aggression Pact, which they both agreed to take no military action against each other for the next ten years. Joseph Stalin stated that the Pact was a way to keep the nation on peaceful terms with Germany, while giving him a way to build up the Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler used this pact to make sure Germany was able to invade Poland without a challenge. This Pact fell apart in June 1941. -
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Germany Invades Poland
The Germany invasion of Poland was an example of how Adolf AHitler intended to wage war. This became known as a blitzkreig strategy: extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy's air captivity, railroads, communication lines, and otjher munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming number of troops, tanks, and artillery. This war was a defeat for the Germans. -
Blitzkrieg
During World War II, this was a new type of war; also known as a lightning war. Germany successfully used the blitzkrieg method against Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. -
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Battle of Britain
In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British forces clashed. It happened over the United Kingdom. It was a signifigant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany's Luftwaffe fail to gain air superioity. Britains victory saved the country from a ground invasion. The recieved its name from a speech Winstin Churchill delivered to the British House of Commons. On June 17, 1940, the defeated French signed an armistice and quit World War II. -
Lend Lease Act
Provided the United states military aid for foreign nations in World War II. It enabled the President to transfer weapons or any other materials. -
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The Holocaust
The word holocaust, from the Greek word holos (whole) and kaustos (burned), was historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burnef on an altar. The word holocaust gained a new meaning in 1945 meaning the mass murder of 6 million Jews, and other oersecuted groups such as gypsies and homosexuals.The Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, felt that the Jews were an interior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community. The holocaust was a mass killing of the Jews. -
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Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler marched his army eastward into a massive invasion of the Soviet Union.The invasion was from the North Cape to the Black Sea, about two thousands miles. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II. The biggested mistake the Germans made, was to come as conquerors and not liberators. The Germans were determined to enslave the population and exterminate the Jews. Barbarossa failed, and Germany led a two-front war it could not win. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan had a surprise attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese fighter planes attached an American Naval Base near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese destroyed twenty naval vessels including eight battleships and almost 200 airplanes. Around 1,000 Americans were wounded, 2,000 soldiers and sailors died, They day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan, and congress approved. -
Wannsee Conference
This was a meeting of Nazi official to discuss a plan for the final solution to the Jewish question. This conference marked a turning point in Nazi policy towards the Jews. The plan waa to get all the Jews throughout Europe, transporting them eastward, and organizing thrm into labour gangs. -
Bataab Death March
The United States surrender of the Bataan Penisula on thr main Philipine island. The marchers were subjected to the harsh treatment by the Japanese guards. Thousands of people participated in this march. -
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Battle of Midway
This battle marks the first air sea battle in history. The Japanese was trying to take control of the Coral Sea. As soon as the Japanese landed they were attacked by planes of American forces. Both sides suffered a lot of damages but it left the Japanese without enough planes to cover the ground. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States went back to war with the Japanese succeeding in one of the best navel battles of World War II. -
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Battle Of Stalingrad
This battele was a successful defense for the Sobiets. This battle took place in the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. Russians consider it to be the gretest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians considered it to be the greatest battle of of the entire conflict. It was also one of the bloodiest battles in World War II. Soviet forces surrounded and crushed the entire German army. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was a successful defense for the Sobiets. This battle took place in the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. Russians consider it to be the gretest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians considered it to be the greatest battle of of the entire conflict. It was also one of the bloodiest battles in World War II. Soviet forces surrounded and crushed the entire German army. -
D Day
160,00 allied troops went on the French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.The battle kept getting postponded due to the bad weather. This was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It included 4,000 ships, 11,000 planes, and 50,000 vehicles.It was a lof of casualties; about 2,000 Americans died. -
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Battle Of The Bulge
The Germans launched thelast major offensive of the war. The asualt came early in the morning at the weakest part of the allied line. The battle raged for three weeks, resulting in loss of American and civilian life. Almost 20,000 were killed, another 20,000 were cptured, and 40,000 ere wounded. The war ended when better weather came and an American aircraft to bomb the German positions. Germany was being pushed back into the west by the Americans, British, and french. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the United states fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese empire. Iwo Jima was a perfect place for an Air Force Base for fighter escorts supporting long range bombing missions against Japan. If the United States were to capture Iwo Jima, it will provide an emergency landing script for the B-29's returning from bombing runs. The Island of Iwo Jima is roguhly 575 miles from the Japanese coast. -
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The Battle of Okinawa
This was the last and biggest battles of the Pacific Islands. This battle involved 287,000 U.S. troops and 130,000 Japanese soldiers. This battle was apart of the three point plan the Americans had for winning the war. Okinawa is the largest of the Ryukyus at the southern tip of Japan. Okinawa is about 60 miles long and between 2 to 18 miles wide. By the end of the war, the Japanese had 77,000 dead and the allies had 65,000. -
V Day
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V-E Day
This is the day when German troops throughout Europe surrendered. On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide. The Germans surrendered to the Soviets. They lost more than 8,000 soldiers. The surrender of Germany was signed at Rheims on May 7 and ratified at Berlin on May 8. German General Jodl signed the surrender document that ended the war in Europe. Victory in Europe day is now treated as holiday. Germany was crumbling allied armies advancing; day and night bombing on German cities. -
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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The explosion killed 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Later more thousands of people died from radiation exposure. Three days later, another B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing about 40,000 people. On August 15, 1945, Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced the country's surrender in a radio address. -
V-J Day
This is also known as the Victory over Japan Day. This is the name chosen for the day when Japan surrendered, ending World War II. -
Warsaw Pact
A treaty between the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. The treaty provided for a unified military and for the maintenance of the Soviet military on the territorities of other states. -
Germany invades Poland
The Germany invasion of Poland was an example of how Adolf AHitler intended to wage war. This became known as a blitzkreig strategy: extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy's air captivity, railroads, communication lines, and otjher munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming number of troops, tanks, and artillery. This war was a defeat for the Germans.